Directions

Bring 1 teaspoon salt and water to a boil. Stir in the fusilli, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 6 minutes.

Stir Swiss chard stems and chicken bouillon granules into pasta and water. Continue cooking until pasta has cooked through but is still slightly firm, about 6 more minutes. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Drain pasta and chard stems.

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sausage links until evenly browned and no longer pink in the center. Transfer sausage to a plate and slice.

Heat butter and red pepper flakes over medium heat in the skillet used to cook sausage; cook and stir onion and garlic in butter until tender and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.

Delicious! I left out the onion because we don't care for it. Also I realized too late that I did not have a tomato and all I had was a can of tomatoes with garlic, basil, and oregano seasoning. I drained the can of tomatoes and used the whole thing and really liked the results. Everyone liked this meal, including my husband and my picky toddlers.

We thought this was pretty good. I made some/a lot of variations. I used a whole wheat pasta and great northern beans. Instead of the tomatoes and onions I used a can of rotel drained. I added shredded motz to the feta cheese. We liked and and decided next time we would make it into a soup with some chicken broth.

I found this dish quite delightful! Couldn't find fusilli, so I used whole wheat rotini. I also added beet greens because I could. Other than that, I followed the recipe as is. It was very good. My Nicky liked it, too. But I share everything (that I can) with my dog.

Great Recipe, a few changes I made. I used homemade cavelltelli's and used small red beans with navy beans. I doubled the recipe and used fresh mozerrella for the cheese. It was a hit here at home! Thank you

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